Rufus King Park: Additional Entrances and Perimeter Fence ReconstructionLocated located along Jamaica Avenue between 150th & 153rd Streets, in the Borough of Queens.

October 31, 2016Parks Capital Design

Neighborhood Location: Queens SiteNTS 0’ 20’ 40’ 100’

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LIRR Jamaica Station

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RufusKing Park

Jamaica Avenue

150th Street

153rd Street

Manor

House

Lawn

Grand Central Parkway

Perimeter Fence

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GOALS:

• Provide additional entrances to the Park

• Reconstruct the entire perimeter fence and gates

• Reconstruct the South Lawn

• Provide additional site amenities i.e. benches, drinking fountains, lighting and electrical outlet

in the South Lawn

TOTAL BUDGET: $1.7 million

BUDGET FUNDING: Council Funded Councilman Rory Lancman

PROJECT SIZE: 3 acres (Property Acreage is 11.5 acres)

3Rufus King Park | Project Goals

FLOOD HAZARD ZONES

ZONE X - Moderate risk areas within the 0.2% annual-chance floodplain.

VE - Areas along coasts subject to inundation by the 1% annual-chance flood event with additional hazards associated with storm-induced velocity wave action. BFE exists.

ZONE A - 1% annual-chance flood event. No Base Flood Elevation (BFE) exists.

ZONE AE - 1% annual-chance flood event. BFE exists.

ZONE AO - 1% annual-chance shallow flooding.

FLOODWAY - watercourse reserved to discharge base flood.

LIMIT OF MODERATE WAVE ACTION

SITE

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0’ 300’ 600’

4Rufus King Park | No Flood Risk

LAND USE CATEGORIES

COMMERCIAL

MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL

INSTITUTIONAL

MIXED USE

INDUSTRIAL

TRANSPORTATION / UTILITIES

OPEN SPACE AND OUTDOOR RECREATION

PARKING

VACANT LOTS

1 AND 2 FAMILY RESIDENTIAL

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NTS

Rufus

King

Park

5Rufus King Park | Surrounding Land Use

LAND USE CATEGORIES

COMMERCIAL

MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL

INSTITUTIONAL

MIXED USE

INDUSTRIAL

TRANSPORTATION / UTILITIES

OPEN SPACE AND OUTDOOR RECREATION

PARKING

VACANT LOTS

1 AND 2 FAMILY RESIDENTIAL

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NTS

SiteRufus

KingPark

6Rufus King Park | Bus and Subway Map

Howard Von DohlenPlayground138-02 91st Ave

5 min (1/4 mile) walk radius

10 min (1/2 mile) walk radius

York College(CUNY)

Queens High School - Sciences

Jamaica Center Business Improvement District

Queens Supreme

Court

Rufus King Manor House Museum

Mary ImmaculateHospital

Grace Episcopal

Church

Currently close for reconstruction

Queens County Civil Court

Gazebo

Jamaica YMCA

Jamaica Center LIRR Air Train to JFK

Public School 182

Rufus King Park

Jamaica Avenue

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0’ 500’ 1000’

Prospect Cemetery

7Rufus King Park | Neighborhood Context - Walking Radius

1891 c. 1931 to 1989 1989 - 2015 2016

BANDSTAND

BASKETBALLCOURT

PLAYGROUND

GARDEN

COMFORT STATION

MUSEUM

JAMAICA AVENUE

150th STR

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153rd STR

EE

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8Rufus King Park | Path Layout Development

ARTIFICIAL TURF

SOCCER FIELD

Location Plan

View of King Manor property, 1895

SITE

Enlargement of 1895 perspective of ‘Jamaica’ by

D.L. Hardenbrook

from Grossman & Associates “Archaeological Test and Artifact

Analysis Results from Rufus King Park” March 1991.

9Rufus King Park | Historic Drawing - late 1800’s

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10Rufus King Park | Historic Photo Perimeter 7’ Steel Picket - 1933

1 - Park Entrance near 153rd Street & Jamaica Ave

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2 - Perimeter Fence

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2 - Park entrance from Jamaica Ave & 153th St1 - Park entrance from Jamaica Ave & 150th St

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1 - View to back porch of Manor House 2 - Interior park path looking East

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1 - Fence in front of Manor House 2 - Gate to Manor House

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1 - Manor House & Lawn - NE

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2 - Manor House & Lawn - N

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15Rufus King Park | Existing Site Photos

1 - Gate to South Lawn

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2 - Just inside same entrance at South Lawn

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1 - Jamaica Avenue and South Lawn Fences 2 - Looking east from South Lawn

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17Rufus King Park | Existing Site Photos

2 - View from same corner towards Manor House1 - Park corner at 153rd & Jamaica Ave

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18Rufus King Park | Existing Site Photos

19Rufus King Park | Critical Root Zone

STRUCTURAL ROOT ZONE

STUMP REMOVAL

CRITICAL ROOT ZONE

CANOPY

LEGEND

JAMAICA AVENUE

90th ROAD

153r

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150t

h ST

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TREE REMOVAL 90th AVENUE90th AVENUE

89th AVENUE

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LEGEND

PERIMETER FENCE, 5’-0” TALL

STEEL PICKET FENCE, 7’-0” TALL ENCLOSES MANOR HOUSE MUSEUM

STEEL PICKET FENCE, 4’-0” TALL

INTERNAL PARK GATES

PARK ENTRANCES WITH GATES

DRIVEWAY

PATHWAY

CHAIN LINK FENCE, 12’-0” TALL

SOUTH LAWN

KING MANOR

MUSEUM

Jamaica Avenue

153rd Street

150th Street

COMFORTSTATION

20Rufus King Park | Existing Conditions & Fence Diagram

SOCIAL SEATINGSOUTH LAWN

KING MANOR MUSEUM

COMFORT

STATION

NEW ENTRANCE

NEW ENTRANCE w/ ACCENT PLANTING AND SOCIAL SEATING

EXISTING PERIMETER FENCE

EXISTING 7’ SPF

WIDEN STREET CORNER

ACCENT PLANTING

HISTORIC SIGN

DRINKING FOUNTAIN

EXISTING LIGHT TYPE B POLE w/ NEW RIVERSIDE LUMINAIREDRINKING FOUNTAIN & HISTORIC SIGN

WIDEN STREET CORNER

EXISTING PATHWAY

NEW PATHWAY

LEGEND

2121Rufus King Park | Schematic Plan with Additional Entrances and Pathways 0’ 25’ 50’

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NEW LAWN

Current Plan & Existing Entrances Proposed Plan - New Entrances EXISTING ENTRANCE

NEW ENTRANCE22

Rufus King Park | Current and Proposed Plans

SOUTH LAWN

EXISTING 7’ SPF

KING MANOR

MUSEUM

LEGEND

CONTRACT LIMIT LINE

EXISTING PATHS

PROPOSED PATHS

POTENTIAL LOCATIONS OF HISTORIC OUTBUILDINGS (GROSSMAN & ASSOCIATES, 1991; COTZ, 1984)PATHWAY & CARRIAGE DRIVEPRE- 1806 (COTZ, 1984)

POTENTIAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL BUILDING FEATURE, ADJUSTED (GROSSMAN 1991)

23Rufus King Park | Potential Archaeological Impacts 0’ 25’ 50’

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24Rufus King Park | Schematic Design Perspective at New Park Entrance

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TYPE E HI-LO DRINKING FOUNTAIN CENTRAL PARK SETTEE WITH ARM REST DECORATIVE WASTE RECEPTACLE

TYPE B LIGHT

Rufus King Park | Site Furnishings

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PATHWAY PAVING MATERIALS

HISTORICAL SIGNAGE EXAMPLE

FENCE COLOR TO MATCH THE MANOR HOUSE

Rufus King Park | Site Furnishings and Materials

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CLADRASTIS KENTUKEA /American Yellowwood

AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM /Common Horsechestnut

LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA /Tuliptree

QUERCUS RUBRA /Northern Red Oak

QUERCUS PHELLOS /Willow Oak

XANTHORHIZA SIMPLICISSIMA /Yellowroot

CORNUS MAS /Cornelian Cherry

VIBURNUM PRUNIFOLIUM /Black Haw Viburnum

AMELANCHIER ARBOREA /Downy Serviceberry

SORBARIA SORBIFOLIA /Ural False Spirea

ROSA CAROLINIANA /Carolina Rose

ILEX GLABRA /Inkberry

Rufus King Park | Plant Selections

SOCIAL SEATINGSOUTH LAWN

KING MANOR MUSEUM

COMFORT

STATION

NEW ENTRANCE

NEW ENTRANCE w/ ACCENT PLANTING AND SOCIAL SEATING

EXISTING PERIMETER FENCE

EXISTING 7’ SPF

WIDEN STREET CORNER

ACCENT PLANTING

HISTORIC SIGN

DRINKING FOUNTAIN

EXISTING LIGHT TYPE B POLE w/ NEW RIVERSIDE LUMINAIREDRINKING FOUNTAIN & HISTORIC SIGN

WIDEN STREET CORNER

EXISTING PATHWAY

NEW PATHWAY

LEGEND

2828Rufus King Park | Schematic Plan with Additional Entrances and Pathways 0’ 25’ 50’

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